Copying machine

Abstract

A copying machine for preparing copies of a manuscript to be reproduced disposed on a carriage movably mounted on a casing is disclosed. The machine comprises at least one manuscript holding member resiliently connected to a lid covering the manuscript and projecting above the manuscript. The manuscript holding member is urged against the manuscript until the lid reaches to its given open position and separated from the manuscript when the lid is further opened beyond the above mentioned given open position of the lid.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A copying machine employing a casing, a carriage movably mounted on said casing and supporting a manuscript to be copied thereon, a lid pivotally mounted at one side edge through a pivot shaft on said carriage disposed to cover said manuscript on said carriage; said machine comprising: manuscript holding means resiliently connected at one end to a pivotally mounted portion of said lid and having a free end projecting above said manuscript, a lower surface of said lid being formed with a depression for enclosing said manuscript holding means therein when said lid covers said manuscript; a connecting member resiliently connecting the one end of said manuscript holding means to said pivotally mounted portion of said lid, whereby said manuscript holding means being urged against said manuscript until said lid reaches an open position and separates from said manuscript as said lid further opens beyond said given open position. 
     
     
       2. A copying machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said manuscript holding means being formed of a sleeve rotatably mounted on said pivot shaft and a flat lever having a base portion secured to said sleeve projecting above said manuscript, and said connecting member being formed of a torsion spring wound about said pivot shaft and connected to both said lid and said flat lever. 
     
     
       3. A copying machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said manuscript holding means is formed of an angle lever defined by a flat lever having a free end projecting above said manuscript and a base portion connected through a bent portion to said flat lever; said base portion being secured to a lower depressed part of said depression and said bent portion being thin in thickness for resiliently connecting said flat lever to said base portion.